The complete online text of Behind the Arras by Bliss Carman.

Bliss Carman was one of the Canadian Confederation poets--those born in the early 1860s, of whom Carman, Charles G. D. Roberts, Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott are the acknowledged leaders--who helped bring poetry to the attention of a Canad...

The devil may be in the detail, but the truth usually resides in the big picture. As Lord Hutton's inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly opened, it emerged last week that David Kay, who heads the international team of inspectors investigating Saddam...

By Richard Lourie. Grove. 188 pp. $18.95. Two difficulties greet American readers of A Mass for Arras: First, the novel is a historical allegory. And second, it's hard to pronounce the author's last name. Don't be alarmed. Szczypiorski is also difficult for...

Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review, steps out from behind the arras to play a nuanced round of connect-the-dots in his New Republic essay, “The End of the Journey: From Whittaker Chambers to George W. Bush” (July 2, $4.95). Mr. Tanenhaus,...

In the 15 years during which I more or less regularly conducted a column for this newspaper, I can’t recall presuming to address issues of foreign policy more than once or twice. I suppose this is because I’ve always found the question of what kind...